Philomene Magers (born 1965) is a German art dealer and co-owner of

Sprüth Magers Sprüth Magers is a commercial art gallery owned by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, with spaces in London, Berlin, Los Angeles and offices in Cologne, Hong Kong, New York and Seoul. The gallery represents over sixty artists and estates, inclu ...

in Berlin, London, and Los Angeles, along with

Monika Sprüth Monika Sprüth is a German art dealer, co-owner of Sprüth Magers in Berlin and London, along with Philomene Magers. Originally an architect and an artist, Sprüth opened her first gallery in Cologne in 1983. In 2014, ''The Guardian ''Th ...

Career

The daughter of an art dealer in Bonn,Britta Bürger (May 25, 2016)
Philomene Magers: Galeristin in einer globalen Welt
'' Deutschlandfunk''. Magers studied art history at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. She opened her first gallery in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

in 1991. In 2014, ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' named Magers in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".

Personal life

Magers is married to film director and producer Jan Schmidt-Garre. They have two children, and live in Berlin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magers, Philomene Living people German art dealers Women art dealers Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Businesspeople from Bonn Recipients of the Order of Merit of Berlin 1965 births